Email: apprenticeships@phoenix.gov
Gardener Apprentice
Overview
As a Gardener Apprentice, you will learn to perform routine work in grounds maintenance, basic tree and shrub planting, pruning, turf maintenance, irrigation management, and general maintenance of landscapes and facilities located throughout the City of Phoenix.
Apprentices must successfully and satisfactorily complete all assigned classroom and equipment training, 4,000 on-the-job training (OJT) hours, and 288 related training instruction hours. During this period of the program, apprentices will be non-classified and paid as a Gardener apprentice. After successful completion of all requirements, apprentices will promote into the Gardener classification and complete a 12-month probationary period.
Department: Parks and Recreation
Salary
- $17.13 / hour starting wage
- $18.16 / hour after 1,000 OJT hours
- $19.07 / hour after 2,000 OJT hours
- $20.02 / hour after 3,000 OJT hours
- $21.02 / hour after 4,000 OJT hours
- Starting Pay Upon Graduation: $43,722
On-the-Job Training Includes
- Securing a State of Arizona Pesticide License
- Securing a Sustainable Landscape Management (SLM) Certificate
- Securing an Arizona Certified Landscape Professional (ACLP) Certificate
- Securing Trailer Training Certificate
- Graduating the Gardener Apprenticeship Program
- Earning a State of Arizona Completion Certificate
- Earning a Department of Labor Completion Certificate
- Promoting to Gardener
Meet Our Apprentices
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED at the time of hire.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Ability to:
- Move objects weighing up to 50 pounds may be required.
- Walk for prolonged periods which may include walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces.
- Work outside in a variety of environmental extremes such as heat, cold, rain, air pollution, and dust.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
- Some positions in this classification require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid Class D or equivalent license.
Program requirements are subject to change without notice.